by Annie | Jul 12, 2017 | teaching
I am thrilled to announce that the chapter that I wrote with former math library student employee, Gen Schaack, about the Math Library student (AKA the Mathlete) program has been published. The book was edited by an impressive team at UNLV and showcases the rich...
by Annie | Jan 20, 2017 | assessment and evaluation, teaching
From the enduringly excellent Nielsen Norman Group is this article, “Reading Content on Mobile Devices”, by KATE MEYER which repeats tests done for reading speed and accuracy on mobile devices and computers. Folks are getting better about reading on...
by Annie | Jan 9, 2017 | teaching
I’m starting here and mean to return: Touching on issues that I deal with when teaching about peer review and predatory publishing: Currently, I give students examples of popular and scholarly sources in hard copy, unbound format. I ask them to construct a grid...
by Annie | Jun 17, 2016 | teaching, undergraduates
For the beginner: I have gone so far down the path of figuring out how to use active learning effectively in a classroom that I was more than a bit taken aback recently. I had to defend the reasoning behind active learning for understanding material, for acquiring...
by Annie | Feb 7, 2016 | searching, teaching
A recent post on Medical Libraries Discussion List suggests that this is yet another topic that might need a new article. I learned the following in library school. From the ever so clever Dr. Marcia Bates. footnote chasing (Bates, 1989) or backwards chaining (Ellis,...
by Annie | Dec 16, 2015 | rubrics, teaching
Assessment: Curriculum mapping: UNLV’s terrific work on the topic is all here: http://www.library.unlv.edu/about/instruction_framework I think of it as something more like the following, which I’ve applied to a specific UO department....
